01/21/2026
✨How to increase adaptability?✨
Get the body out of a STUCK sympathetic state! If the nervous system is stuck in a stressed out, fight-or-flight state, it can’t properly regulate and heal! This means systems, like the immune system, can’t function at 100%...which makes the body more susceptible to sickness!
The body’s ability to adapt is the truest measurement of health.
How do we measure the body’s ability to adapt and heal❓
At IWC, Heart Rate Variability, or HRV for short, is one of the tests that we do during our new patient exam! HRV is a measure of the variation in time between each heart beat, and is controlled by our autonomic nervous system.
HRV is an amazing way to check imbalances with the autonomic nervous system. If a person is stuck in a fight-or-flight, sympathetic state, their HRV is low. If a person is in a more relaxed, parasympathetic state, their HRV is higher.
What are the benefits of having a higher HRV?🤔
A higher HRV means the nervous system is calmer and can better adapt to stressors that come about. It means you are more resilient. Health is ultimately how well can your body adapt and heal.
🌟How can chiropractic and network spinal care help increase HRV?
Our care at IWC is designed to remove nervous system interference. When you can remove interference, the nervous system can heal and function more optimally.
This allows the body to get in a calmer, parasympathetic state. In a parasympathetic state, the body can increase its ability to self-regulate which promotes more healing and a higher HRV.
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